TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,John W.
AU  - Primack,Richard B.
ED  - BC Open Textbook Project,
ED  - BCcampus.
TI  - Conservation biology in sub-saharan Africa
SN  - 9781783747528
AV  - QH77.A37 W55 2019eb
U1  - 334 23
PB  - Open Book Publishers
KW  - Conservation biology
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license; This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license CC BY 4.0; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is Conservation Biology? -- Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa -- What is Biodiversity? -- Why Should We Protect Biodiversity? -- The Scramble for Space -- Our Warming World -- Pollution, Overharvesting, Invasive Species, and Disease -- Extinction is Forever -- Applied Population Biology -- Conserving Ecosystems -- Preventing Extinctions -- Biodiversity and the Law -- The Importance of Protected Areas -- Conservation on Unprotected Lands -- An Agenda for the Future -- Appendix A. Selected Sources of Information -- Appendix B. Selected Environmental Organisations -- Appendix C. Obtaining Conservation Funding -- Appendix D. Environmental Calendar
N2  - "Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region"--BC Campus website
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